Issue - meetings

Report of the Chief Executive on the Social Housing De-Carbonisation Fund.

(Note: The Chairman of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee has been given notice that it was impracticable to comply with the requirement that at least twenty eight days notice must be given of the intention to make a key decision not in the Forward Plan in accordance with Regulations 5 and 10 of the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meetings and Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2012 because it was urgent and could not reasonably be deferred for the reason specified).

The reason for this item is to enable the company to be appointed as soon as possible as the grant applications period is in Spring and therefore cannot wait until the Cabinet meeting in June as it will be too late.

Cabinet agreed to give delegated authority to the Chief Executive (in consultation with the Section 151 Officer and Executive Member for Housing and Climate Change) to award the contract for an agent to manage the Social Housing Decarbonisation Project. 

Report of the Chief Executive on the Social Housing De-Carbonisation Fund.

(1)        The Decision Taken

RESOLVED:

(unanimous)

Cabinet agreed to give delegated authority to the Chief Executive (in consultation with the Section 151 Officer and Executive Member for Housing and Climate Change) to award the contract for an agent to manage the Social Housing Decarbonisation Project.

(2)       Reasons for the Decision

During the 2021 spending review the government had committed a further £800M across 3 years for the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund. Wave 2 of this fund will open for bidding in Spring of 2022. To assist with this project the Council required an agent to bid for funding and if successful, to manage the project.

(Note: The Chairman of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee has been given notice that it was impracticable to comply with the requirement that at least twenty eight days’ notice must be given of the intention to make a key decision not in the Forward Plan in accordance with Regulations 5 and 10 of the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meetings and Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2012 because it was urgent and could not reasonably be deferred for the reason specified).

The reason for this item is to enable the company to be appointed as soon as possible as the grant applications period is in Spring and therefore cannot wait until the Cabinet meeting in June as it will be too late.